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1044059 No.1044059 [Reply] [Original]

>Romantic subplots for no reason

>> No.1044065

Once your balls drop you'll get it.

>> No.1044066

>>1044059

Stories without a romance tend to be soulless.

>> No.1044076

Read some Kurt Vonnegut, romance is downplayed quite nicely.

>> No.1044079

>>1042452
>>1042452
>>1042452

>> No.1044081

>>1044066
you can't honestly believe that.

>> No.1044082

Read Zizek on this topic, he's got some good insights. Basically almost anything can be accepted if it facilitates the (re)constitution of a couple. Even the movie 'Reds' was acceptable in the United States because it brought together the monogamous sexy. Social ideology. Moooooooooo.

>> No.1044102

>>1044066
>a romance

This is worse than if you would have said just "romance." But even that would have still been pretty bad.

>> No.1044107

Do publishers demand romantic plots or something? Are female sales lost without one?

>> No.1044113
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>>1044082
Can you point me towards a specific work by Zizek. I'm fascinated

intercommunal jechoo

>> No.1044116

>>1044107
No, it's fucking...fuck!....fuck! It's capitalism! In sexy form!

>> No.1044120

>>1044113
He discusses the reconstitution of the couple thing in "In Defense of Lost Causes", around chapter 3 or 4 I think.

>> No.1044125

>>1044107
I don't know if a publisher would say "We'll publish this if you tack on a pointless romantic subplot," but, depending on the general output of the house, it could greatly increase your chances.